Letter
Deb Sayer
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
To end surprise billing, support arbitration
I commend Sen. Susan Collins for being a longstanding advocate of affordable, high-quality health care for all Mainers. No family ever wants to be hit with a surprise bill while seeking the best possible care in times of emergency, which is why I am urging Sen. Collins to support Sen. Bill Cassidy’s “baseball-style arbitration” approach […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Another View: Mainers have no obligation to sign people’s veto petitions
No one should support a position with which they disagree just to send the question to the voters.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We have created a culture of fear that needs to change
Lockdown drills won’t save children from bullets any more than the ‘duck and cover’ drills of the 1950s would have saved them from nuclear war.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Mainers should block reckless assisted-suicide law
Maine will become a dangerous place for vulnerable people if the new assisted-suicide law goes into effect. Reckless laws like L.D. 1313 automatically place them at risk for mistakes, coercion and abuse. Mistaken prognoses can occur and have in many cases. These laws depend upon a doctor’s accurate prediction that a patient has six months […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Resources are out there to help victims of elder abuse
I am writing this letter to introduce the website Lifting Up the Voices (www.liftingupvoices.net) and to bring information to and awareness of seniors living with abuse and the professionals who work with clients in abusive relationships. The National Clearinghouse for Abuse in Later Life interviewed numerous people throughout the United States to participate in this […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Assault weapons ban’s opponents share guilt
The veiled encouragement toward racism and violence by Donald Trump at his alleys has surely attributed to the increase in mass carnage by white supremacist over the past two and a half years. I would go one step further and lay all the killings by assault type weapons since 2004 directly on the door step […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Harvest the smaller fish, release the bigger ones
Re: “Why catch-and-release is killing, not conserving, Maine fisheries” (Aug. 11): There’s no doubt that the smaller of a species is a competitive risk for development and growth. Larger fish, e.g., togue, landlocked salmon and brook trout, actually are not the voracious consumers of smelt or other smaller fish. Just remember how much food you […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Calls for Franken’s resignation failed to take facts into account
Sen. Angus King did the right thing by saying he wished he hadn’t asked the senator to step down.